Chair
Graham Swift
Rohm and Haas Company
*Invited Paper
SESSION Z1: INTRODUCTION TO DEGRADATION & TESTING
Chair: Graham Swift
Monday Morning, April 8
Nob Hill Ballroom
8:30 A.M. *Z1.1
THE BIODEGRADATION OF POLYMERS AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS, Samuel J.
Huang, University of Connecticut, Institute of Materials Science, Storrs,
CT.
9:30 A.M. BREAK
10:00 A.M. *Z1.2
STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY DEGRADABLE POLYMERS, Ramani Narayan,
Michigan State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lansing, MI.
11:00 A.M. Z1.3
STUDIES OF POLYMER BIODEGRADABILITY USING IN-LABORATORY SOIL AND COMPOST
SIMULATIONS, Richard A. Gross, University of Massachusetts Lowell,
NSF-Biodegradable Polymer Research Center, Lowell, MA; Stephen P. McCarthy,
NSF-Biodegradable Polymer Research Center, Lowell, MA; and Richard Farrell,
University of Massachusetts Lowell, NSF-Biodegradable Polymer Research Center,
Lowell, MA.
11:30 A.M. Z1.4
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY OF DEGRADATION OF OYSTER SHELL PROTEIN AND
POLYASPARTATE, C. Steven Sikes, Frances Martin, University of South
Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Mobile, AL.
11:00 A.M. POSTERS
Z1.5 A NEW BIODEGRADABLE SYSTEM BASED ON PLGA AND
PHOSPHOLIPIDS FOR DRUG DELIVERY, S.H. Khan, M. Madiba and X.S. Wu, Long
Island University, Department of Pharmaceutics, Brooklyn, NY.
Z1.6 DESTRUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE IN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS BY
SENSIBILIZATION ADDITIVES, B. Saidov, U. Gafurov, L. Kabisova, Z.
Khamidova and N. Nemkova, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
Z1.7 THE TERMINAL DECTRUCTION OF POLYVINILCHLORIDE WITH
STABILIZING ADDITIONS, Bahodir Saidov, Ulmas Gafurov and Lyudmila
Kabisova, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Z1.8 SOME SPATIAL METAL CONTAINING MONOMERS AS MODIFYING
AGENTS FOR POLYSTYRENE, POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE AND POLYACRYLONITRILE,
Natalia Bravaya, Anatoni Pomogalio, Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Chemical Physics in Chemogolovka Russia, Moscow, Russia; Vladimir Makaskov,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Siberian, Cluster
Department, Lavrenlieve, Russia; and Vladimir Razumov, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Institute of New Energetical Problems of Chemical Physics,
Photochemistry Department, Moscow, Russia.
SESSION Z1: INTRODUCTION TO
DEGRADATION & TESTING (continued)
Chair: Richard Gross
Monday Afternoon, April 8
Nob Hill Ballroom
1:30 P.M. Z1.9
ABIOTIC CONTROL OF POLYMER BIODEGRADATION, Gerald Scott, Aston
University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
2:00 P.M. Z1.10
OXIDATIVELY DEGRADABLE POLYOLEFINS AS CANDIDATES FOR COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS,
Denise R. Rutherford, Industrial and Consumer Sector Research
Laboratory, St. Paul, MN.
2:30 P.M. BREAK
3:00 P.M. Z1.11
HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION OF POLY D,L-LACTIC ACID, Teresita Raquel
Cuadrado, Roxana Ruseckaite and Maria Fernanda Gonzalez, Universida
Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ingenieria - INTEMA, Mar del Plata,
Argentina.
3:30 P.M. Z1.12
STUDIES ON DEGRADATION OF POLYLACTIC ACID AND ITS COPOLYMERS IN COMPOST,
Nobuyuki Kawashima, LACEA Business Development Department, Mitsui Toatsu
Chemicals Inc., Chiyoda, China; Tadashi Yagi, Takeshi Irimajiri, Central
Research Institute, Toxicological and Environmental Sciences Center, Chiba,
Japan; Chojiro Higuchi and Masanobu Ajioka, Central Research Institute,
Technical Research Laboratory, Kanagawa, Japan.
4:00 P.M. Z1.13
STRUCTURE-BIODEGRADABILITY RELATIONSHIPS OF POLYMERS, Maarten van der
Zee, Jan H. Stoutjesdijk, Pieter A.A.W. van der Heijden and Dick De Wit,
ATO-DLO (Agrotechnological Research Institute), Wageningen, Netherlands.
4:30 P.M. Z1.14
BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING, RULES, REGULATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL, CONTEXT GATT
(GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE) 1994 INCORPORATED IN THE 1994
AGREEMENT ON THE T.W.O., Bert Lemmes, ORCA, Brussels, Belgium.
SESSION Z2: NATURAL POLYMERS:
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Chair: Sam Huang
Tuesday Morning, April 9
Nob Hill Ballroom
8:30 A.M. *Z2.1
OVERVIEW OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES, David L.
Kaplan, Army Natick Research and Development Center, Biotechnology
Division, Natick, MA.
9:30 A.M. BREAK
10:00 A.M. Z2.2
BIOSYNTHESIS AND BIODEGRADATION OF MICROBIAL POLYESTERS, Steven S.
Goodwin, R. Clinton Fuller and Robert W. Lenz, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA.
10:30 A.M. Z2.3
NEW APPROACHES TOWARDS CONTROL OF END GROUP STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR WRIGHT AND
REPEAT UNIT COMPOSITION OF MICROBIAL POLYESTERS, Richard A. Gross,
Richard Ashby and Fengying Shi, University of Massachusetts Lowell,
NSF-Biodegradable Polymer Research Center, Lowell, MA.
11:00 A.M. Z2.4
THE INFLUENCE OF DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION ON BLEND MISCIBILITY AND BIODEGRADATION
OF CELLULOSE ACETATE BLENDS, Charles M. Buchanan, Research Laboratory,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kingsport, TN.
11:30 A.M. Z2.5
FUNGAL BIODEGRADATION OF GRAFT COPOLYMERS FROM LIGNIN AND ETHENE MONOMERS,
John J. Meister, NMIMT, Department of Chemistry, Socorro, NM; Oleg
Milstein, Rolf Gersonde, Aloys Huttermann, University der Gottingen,
Forsthotanisches Institute, Gottingen, Germany; and Meng-Jiu Chen, University
of Detroit Mercy, Department of Chemistry, Detroit, MI.
SESSION Z2: NATURAL POLYMERS:
RENEWABLE RESOURCES (continued):
Chair: Ramani Narayan
Tuesday Afternoon, April 9
Nob Hill Ballroom
1:30 P.M. *Z2.6
STARCH-BASED POLYMER MATERIALS, J.L. Willett, USDA/ARS/NCAUR, Peoria,
IL.
2:30 P.M. BREAK
3:00 P.M. Z2.7
DESIGN OF POLYMER BLENDS FOR BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS APPLICATION, Graham
Chapman, NOVON International, Tonawanda, NY.
3:30 P.M. Z2.8
COMPATIBILITY OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE STARCH-POLYMER BLENDS AS POTENTIAL
BIODEGRADABLE SYSTEMS, Anna J. Suvorova, Elena J. Trufanova, Ural State
University, Department of Chemical, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
4:00 P.M. Z2.9
BIODEGRADATION OF STARCH-POLY(ß-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-VALERATE)BLENDS IN
NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, Sued H. Imam, Ling Chen, Sherald H. Gordon, US
Department of Agriculture, Biopolymer Research Unit, Peoria, IL; Randal L.
Shogren, US Department of Agriculture, Plant POlymer Research Unit, Peoria, IL;
and Richard V. Greene, US Department of Agriculture, Biopolymer Research Unit,
Peoria, IL.
4:30 P.M. Z2.10
AMINO ACIDS AS PLASTICIZERS OF STARCH-BASED PLASTIC, Thomas M. Stein,
Syed H. Imam, Randal L. Shogren, Sherald H. Gordon and Richard V. Greene, US
Department of Agriculture, Biopolymer Research Unit, Peoria, IL.
SESSION Z3: WATER SOLUBLE DEGRADABLE POLYMERS
Chair: Steven Sikes
Wednesday Morning, April 10
Nob Hill Ballroom
8:30 A.M. Z3.1
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF POLY(ETHYLENEOXIDE), Darlene Back, Union
Carbide Corporation, Research and Development Specialty Polymer, Bound Brook,
NJ.
9:00 A.M. Z3.2
POLYMERIC DETERGENT ADDITIVES BASED ON GRAFTED STARCH, M. Kroner, A.
Funhoff, W. Denzinger, G. Schornick, BASF Aktlengeselschaft, Germany.
9:30 A.M. BREAK
10:00 A.M. Z3.3
THERMAL POLY(ASPARTATES), A.P. Wheeler, Clemson University, Department
of Biological Sciences, Clemson, SC; Daniel A. Batzel, Donlar Corporation,
Bedford Park, IL; Charles A. Gooding, Clemson University, Department of
Chemical Engineering, Clemson, SC; and Robert J. Ross, Donlar Corporation,
Bedford Park, IL.
10:30 A.M. Z3.4
POLY(ASPARTIC ACID); A BIODEGRADABLE WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER, Graham
Swift, Michael B. Freeman and Kathryn Yocom, Rohm and Haas Company, Spring
House, PA.
11:00 A.M. Z3.5
SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF BIODEGRADABLE POLY(AMINO ACID) DERIVATIVES,
Hiroaki Tamatani, Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Central Research
Institute, Yokohama, Japan; Akinori Nagatomo, Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.,
Omuta Research Institute, Omuta, Japan; Hosei Shinoda and Yukiko Harada, Mitsui
Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Central Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan.
11:30 A.M. Z3.6
BIODEGRATION OF DISTEARYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM HALIDES (Cl, Br) BY MICROORGANISMS,
Michael Thies, Henrich H. Paradies, Philip Steiger, Märkische
Fachhochschule, Biotechnology and Physical Chemistry, Iserlohn, Germany; Shaun
F. Clancy, Witco Corporation, Health and Environmental Affairs, Greenwich,
CT.
SESSION Z4: NATURAL/SYNTHETIC POLYMERS
Chair: David Kaplan
Wednesday Afternoon, April 10
Nob Hill Ballroom
1:30 P.M. Z4.1
STARCH GRAFT POLY(METHYL ACRYLATE) LOOSE FILL FOAM-PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND
BIODEGRADATION, Liang Chen, Syed H. Iman, US Department of Agriculture,
Biopolymer Research Unit, Peoria, IL; Don Fisk, Uni-Star Industries Ltd.,
Canton, IL; Paul D. Tatarka, R. Lee Cunningham, US Department of Agriculture,
Food Physical Chemical Research Unit, Peoria, IL; Sherald H. Gordon and Richard
V. Greene, US Department of Agriculture, Biopolymer Research Unit, Peoria,
IL.
2:00 P.M. Z4.2
PROCESSING CHARACTERISTICS AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF POLYCAPROLACTONE, Daniel
Goldberg, Union Carbide Corporation, SP&P, Bound Brook, NJ.
2:30 P.M. BREAK
3:00 P.M. Z4.3
POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOATE) POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS PREPARED VIA LACTONE
POLYMERIZATION, Lee A. Schechtman, Procter and Gamble Company, Corporate
Research Division, Cincinnati, OH.
3:30 P.M. Z4.4
USE OF POLYLACTIC ACID AS A BACTERIAL NUTRIENT SOURCE IN ACID MINE DRAINAGE
TREATMENT SYSTEMS, Harry M. Edenborn, Sandra L. McSurdy and Craig C.
Hustwit, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
4:00 P.M. Z4.5
IMPROVING THE PROPERTIES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID)(PLA) TO MAKE IT COMMERCIALLY
USEFUL AT LARGE SCALE, Patrick R. Gruber, Cargill, Incorporated, EcoPLA
Business Unit, Minneapolis, MN.
4:30 P.M. Z4.6
CHARACTERISTICS OF POLY(L-LACTIDE) FILMS AND FIBERS, Eiichi Ozeki,
Shimadzu Corporation, New Business Development, Kyoto, Japan.
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